College experts tackle issue of home care
Experts from West College Scotland have been involved in a Europe-wide project to develop qualifications for home care workers.
The transnational Erasmus research project entitled Carevolution was launched in February 2016 to look at the future role, responsibilities and qualifications of home care workers across Europe.
Partners from Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Scotland met at West College Scotland recently to stress the need to develop a community approach where patients are more actively involved in the management of their health care. Carevolution has led to the development of a new curriculum and qualification for enhanced home carers. Between February and June 2017, these were piloted in Scotland, Spain and the Netherlands and the new curriculum has now been approved by international partners.
In Scotland, the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has approved the development of a new Professional Development Awards (PDA) in Enhanced Home Care Practice using the material produced during the project.
West College Scotland’s head of care Davina Coupar said:“The research project gave us a real insight into Home Care practice across Europe.
“The college and staff have enjoyed the opportunity to participate and we’re very pleased to have been instrumental in offering a new product to our home and wider European market.”
To find out more about the project, visit www. carevolution.care or follow @carevolution_p on Twitter.